- Marguerite Young Alexander
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Founding Members of
Delta Sigma Theta SororityOsceola Macarthy Adams Florence Letcher Toms Ethel Carr Watson Wertie Blackwell Weaver Winona Cargile Alexander Marguerite Young Alexander Ethel Cuff Black Zephyr Chisom Carter Myra Davis Hemmings Olive C. Jones Mamie Reddy Rose Naomi Sewell Richardson Vashti Turley Murphy Madree Penn White Bertha Pitts Campbell Eliza Pearl Shippen Frederica Chase Dodd Edith Motte Young Jessie McGuire Dent Edna Brown Coleman Jimmie Bugg Middleton Pauline Oberdorfer Minor Marguerite Young Alexander Born March 1889
Springfield, Illinois, USADied December 3, 1954 (aged 65)
Chicago, Illinois, USANationality American Alma mater Howard University Known for Co-founder of Delta Sigma Theta
Also charter member of sorority's Lambda chapterMarguerite Young Alexander (1889–1954) was one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.[1]
Biography
Marguerite Young was born in March 1889 in Springfield, Illinois, the fourth child and only daughter of James William Young, a hotel waiter, by his wife, Minnie.[2]
Young was a student of romance and classical languages at Howard University, where she graduated in 1913. While there she participated in numerous campus activities including the co-founding of Delta Sigma Theta. She married a dentist named Waldo Alexander and was also a charter member of Delta Sigma Theta's Lambda Chapter, based in her hometown of Chicago.[1][3]
She died in Chicago on December 3, 1954.[4]
References
- ^ a b Harris, Jessica (2008) "Women of Vision, Catalysts for Change: The Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority" in Parks, Gregory S. Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky p. 77 ISBN 978-0-8131-2491-9
- ^ Twelfth Census of the United States Supervisor's District 11, Enumeration District 90, Capital Township, Third Ward, Sangamon County, Illinois: National Archives and Records Administration June 1, 1900 p. 6B
- ^ Fourteenth Census of the United States:1920–Population Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 104, Chicago, Second Ward, Cook County, Illinois: National Archives and Records Administration January 2, 1920 p. 1A
- ^ "Historical Cook County, Illinois Vital Records [database online"]. Death Certificates. Cook County (IL) Clerk's Office. http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/Search.aspx. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
Categories:- Howard University alumni
- People from Chicago, Illinois
- People from Springfield, Illinois
- African-American founders of sororities
- 1889 births
- 1954 deaths
- American activist stubs
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